University tennis

The 2017/18 BUCS tennis season has reached its mid-season winter break and it has been a struggle so far for Sunderland Men’s tennis 1st’s. The side currently sit bottom of the six-team Northern 4B league on minus-two points after five matches and are yet to register a win. With no […]

Sunderland Men’s Tennis 1st’s were forced to hand Sheffield Hallam 2nd’s a walkover win as they were unable to field a team for Wednesday’s match. It is the second time this season that Sunderland have conceded a match, after they had to withdraw from the Northern Conference Cup tie against […]

University of Sunderland Men’s Tennis 1st’s will look to end 2017 strongly when they host Sheffield Hallam University 2nd’s today. It is the final scheduled match of the year for both sides before a break until January 31. Sunderland are looking for their first win of the season in […]

Sunderland Men’s Tennis 1st’s match against Teesside 1st’s on Wednesday was postponed due to bad weather. BUCS are yet to announce a new date but the sides are now unlikely to meet until the turn of the year. The match was set to see the BUCS Northern 4B […]

University of Sunderland men’s tennis president Paddy Horne believes the 1st team can claim their first win of the season when they travel to Teesside on November 29. Teesside 1sts are also yet to win this season and the fixture will see the BUCS Northern 4B tennis league’s bottom two sides face […]

University of Sunderland men’s tennis 1sts lost 6-0 to the Leeds Beckett University 6th team on Wednesday afternoon. Leeds won three singles matches and a doubles tie to complete a comfortable win on the outdoor artificial grass courts of Silksworth Tennis Centre. Sunderland were missing three regular players and were […]

Nineteen teams from the University of Sunderland return to action as today as they start their BUCS seasons. A week on from defeat in the Clash of the Minsters against York St John, Sunderland’s students kick off their league campaigns in the British University & Colleges Sport divisions this afternoon. […]

University of Sunderland suffered defeat in the Clash of the Minsters as York St John were crowned 18-8 winners. The annual curtain-raiser to the university sporting year took place in York with both universities competing across 26 sports and it was the home side who comfortably won in the end. […]

University of Sunderland were unable to retain their Tees Wear Varsity crown as they fell to a heavy defeat to Teesside University on Wednesday. The Wearsiders claimed wins in American football, cricket, netball and basketball. Rowing shared a point in contentious circumstances, adding to Sunderland’s equestrian victory from earlier in the […]

University of Sunderland men’s tennis 1sts were defeated 4-2 by an impressive Teesside outfit in the Tees-Wear Varsity on Wednesday afternoon. Teesside won three of the four singles matches while the points were shared in the doubles. Sunderland’s team consisted of captain Phil Rudd, president Paddy Horne, Jordan Wilson and […]